Position for a PhD-student in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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The European project "Acoustic reduction in European
languages" investigates how speakers and listeners
process acoustically reduced words, such as the
pronunciation "yesay" for "yesterday" and "onry" for
ordinary", in six European languages (Dutch, English,
Estonian, Finnish, French, and Spanish).  Essential to
this research program are corpora of highly spontaneous
speech, which exist for English and Dutch, but which will
have to be compiled for Estonian, Finnish, French, and
Spanish in the course of this project.  Complementary to
corpus based research, the processing of acoustic
reduction will be addressed by means of series of
psycholinguistic experiments.

The project has as its principal investigator Dr M.
Ernestus. It is funded by a European Young Investigator
award, as well as by the Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics and by the Radboud University. The
research group is located in the building of the Max
Planck Institute, on the campus of the Radboud
University, in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. This location
guarantees a stimulating research environment with
excellent experimental facilities. It offers researchers
the possibility to develop interdisciplinary skills and
to discuss their work with many internationally renowned
scholars.

The project is now offering a position for a PhD-student
who will investigate acoustic reduction in French and
Spanish. The PhD-student will explore which types of
reduction occur in these languages, and how the
production and comprehension of reduced words are
affected by the morphological and phonological properties
of these languages. At a more general level, the PhD
student will compare synchronic reduction in modern
Spanish with the diachronic reduction that has occurred in
French.

The PhD student will collaborate closely with the principal
investigator. In addition, the PhD-student will be
supported in his/her research (including the compilation of
the speech corpora) by a team of research assistants.

Applicants should be (near-)native in French and Spanish
and also be fluent in English. They should have a
master's degree in linguistics or phonetics, or receive
one within a few months. Moreover, applicants should have
a basic knowledge of the phonology, phonetics, and
morphology of French and Spanish.  The successful
candidate will receive a contract for three and a half
years at the Radboud University Nijmegen (www.ru.nl),
under the conditions for PhD-students at this university.

For further information, including a description of the
complete project, please contact Mirjam Ernestus
(mirjam.ernestus at mpi.nl, phone: +31-24-3612970).

Application letters, including extensive CVs, should
arrive at the latest on 31 May 2007, addressed to
    Mirjam Ernestus
    P.O. Box 310
    NL-6500 AH Nijmegen
    The Netherlands
or to
    mirjam.ernestus at mpi.nl

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